Retelling the Tale: An Intro to Medieval French Literature - Couverture souple

Gaunt, Simon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0715629255 ISBN 13 : 9780715629253

Editeur : Bristol Classical Press, 2001

Synopsis

This accessible introduction to medieval French literature concentrates on how to enjoy reading this lively and influential literary tradition. Rather than offering a conventional literary history, Simon Gaunt suggests strategies for reading medieval French texts, many of which retell traditional stories. A common misconception among students and dated textbooks is that medieval French literature is merely a 'recording' of an oral tradition. This book draws a picture of medieval literature, showing that medieval writers were in fact very aware that they were retelling tales in a new medium.

The author shows that, although many early texts allude to oral sources for these stories, they belong to a sophisticated and witty written culture that revels in knowledge of competing interpretations of the same story and in the intellectual games that writing enables. <I>Retelling the Tale</I> gives those coming to medieval French literature for the first time a clear sense of how stimulating and enjoyable these texts can be.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

<B>Simon Gaunt</B> is Professor of French Language and Literature, King’s College London. He is the author of <I>Troubadours and Irony and Gender and Genre in Medieval French Literature</I>.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bristol Classical Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0715629255
• ISBN 13: 9780715629253
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 162
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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